by Will Jones | Jun 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Jessica Clarkson discovered her talent for the vocal arts when she took choir at Laguna Middle School. It led to private voice lessons, a starring role in a musical, selection to the American Choral Director’s Association Western Regional Choir and to the National...
by Will Jones | May 1, 2019 | Community, Nonprofit, People, San Luis Obispo
My father fought fires in Philadelphia, where I grew up, from the end of WW II until 1975 when he retired as a captain. My childhood memories include many stories and visits to the fire houses where he was stationed. And, yes, I did get to slide down the fire pole and...
by Will Jones | Apr 1, 2019 | Community, People
My intention in publishing this article is to be of assistance to any man, and his family, who receives a prostate cancer diagnosis. As I have learned over the last two-and-a-half years, every man’s journey is unique and intensely personal, even though some of the...
by Will Jones | Mar 1, 2019 | Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo, Sports
According to Will Kraemer, he spent extra time in preschool because his teachers told his parents, “All he wants to do is dig.” Now a senior Bio Resource and Agricultural Engineering major at Cal Poly, with a love for hands-on experience, he is also the reigning Stihl...
by Will Jones | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
The day after the 2016 elections, Noha Kolkailah had an insight that led, in less than two years, to the creation of the Peace Academy of Sciences and Arts, a summer enrichment program for children, which delivered a four-week curriculum to fifty students, ages 6-9,...
